The Matt Walker Podcast
Hosted by Matt Walker · Dr. Matt Walker
4.9from 2,614 ratings
- 198
- Episodes
- 122
- Transcribed
- 2,614
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About The Matt Walker Podcast
The Matt Walker Podcast is all about sleep, the brain, and the body. Matt is a Professor of Neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of the book, Why We Sleep and has given a few TED talks. Matt is an awkward British nerd who adores science and the communication of science to the public.
- Publisher
- Dr. Matt Walker
- Category
- health & fitness · health & fitness · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 26 Jul 2021
- Latest episode
- 19 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
122 of 198 episodes have a transcript.
19 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
#156 - Smell and Memory
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#155 - Sleep & Nature's Call
5 Oct 2026
#154 - Sleep and Cortisol
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#156 - Smell and Memory
Published 19 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Whatever causes smell memories to shift back toward childhood, it remains intact despite major differences in how people have experienced the world. These powerful smell-activated memories also seem different. In the study with 93 older adults, the smell-cued memories had a stronger sense of being transported back in time, and participants reported thinking about them less frequently. In another study by the same two authors using a different sample, 72 older adults were randomly assigned to be cued with a smell, its name or both. Memories triggered by the smell elicited higher emotional arousal than memories triggered by the name, and the additional arousal could not be explained away by the physical sensations of the smell itself. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 906 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 1,708 ratings
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- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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